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From the US Patent Office website: “The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the agency that issues patents in the United States, has developed guidelines on the patenting of genetic discoveries. The current guidelines state that identification of a gene’s sequence alone is not patentable, but that a gene isolated from its natural state may be patentable if the applicants can demonstrate ‘specific, substantial and credible utility’ for the discovery.”

at least attribute the comment to a justice that actually speaks during session. Thomas just sits mute – a testimony to the adage that it is better to be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.

The complexity of the human genome is FAR beyond anything humans are capable of designing. It is the most compact form of storage for vast amounts of complex, specified information known. Acting like God’s work is their own and trying to make money off such an obviously illegitimate patent is absurd.

About Chip Bok

"Chip" Bok has been the staff editorial cartoonist for the Akron Beacon Journal since 1987. Through Creators Syndicate, his cartoons appear in over 100 publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Time, and Newsweek. He is also a regular contributing cartoonist for Reason magazine and serves as a member of the steering committee for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in Arlington, Virginia.